Fasting on Tisha B'Av with False Labor Pains | Sheilot

Fasting on Tisha B'Av with False Labor Pains

Question

A pregnant woman who will be in her 34th week on Tisha B'Av experiences false labor pains from time to time, back pain, and a hard abdomen. Should she fast on Tisha B'Av?

Answer

Do not fast.
Answered 3 July 2022 How answers are reviewed
Rabbi Israel Cohen
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Answers questions at Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Smicha "Yoreh-Yoreh" (2012), Rav Amram Fried's Beit Horaah
Orach Chaim, Yoreh Deah
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Source

Orach Chaim, Siman 554

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